Art · Humour
Artist Selva Aparicio carved a carpet by hand into an oak floor
The carpet that never needs vacuuming. A carpet carved by hand into an oak floor. Artist: Selva Aparicio
Alexandr Radayev
Books · Observations · Society
Never has our future been so unpredictable, never have we depended so much on political forces that cannot be trusted to follow the rules of common sense and self-interest…
Hannah Arendt
NB! · Architecture · Faith
Inside the Sagrada Família in Barcelona
Books · People · Humour
Brodsky on addiction to scrolling reels and TikToks, in his Nobel lecture:
One who writes a poem writes it above all because verse is a colossal accelerator of consciousness, of thinking, of one's sense of the universe. Having experienced this acceleration once, a person is no longer capable of abandoning the chance of repeating this experience; he falls into dependence
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Woman holding a black kitten: vintage studio portrait in an oval frame
Aristocracy · Monarchies · People · Saint Petersburg
On 3 July 1895 at Peterhof was born Irina, Princess of the Imperial Blood, daughter of Grand Duke Alexander Mikhailovich and Grand Duchess Xenia
On 3 July 1895 at Peterhof was born Irina, Princess of the Imperial Blood, daughter of Grand Duke Alexander Mikhailovich and Grand Duchess Xenia. Princess Irina's father was a grandson of Nicholas I through the latter's youngest son, her mother a sister of Nicholas II. In
NB! · Humour
"Doctor, what's wrong with me?" "I fear it is clay"
NB! · Aristocracy · Faith · Monarchies
King Charles, Queen Camilla, William, Prince of Wales, styled Duke of Rothesay when visiting Scotland, and Edward, Duke of Edinburgh, after the service of the Order of the Thistle at St Giles' Cathedral in Edinburgh
Archive · Architecture · Heritage
The Theatre at Epidaurus, built in the 340s BC, and its festival held since 1955
Spectators at Sophocles' "Antigone" in the ancient Greek theatre at Epidaurus in 1956. The theatre at Epidaurus is the best preserved of all the theatres of Ancient Greece. The amphitheatre, built to seat fifteen thousand spectators in the 340s BC close to the Asclepieion, not far from
Coming Up · Art · Moscow
Vinzavod Open Studios of the 11th season open to visitors from 3 July
From 3 July the Open Studios at Winzavod are open to visitors. Visiting the studios, one can meet the participants of the 11th season: Alisa Smorodina, Yury Chernyshev, Anya Grositskaya, Nadya Petrova, Dina Borovik, Lana Morozova, Marina Glebova, Alexandr Gordeyev, Yevgenia Bolyukh and Vanya Repkin. The Winzavod Open Studios form
Cinema · Monarchies · Observations
BBC and CBS Studios Are Working on a Drama Series About William the Conqueror
Starring: Nikolaj Coster-Waldau as William the Conqueror, founder of the Anglo-Norman kingdom, and James Norton as King Harold Godwinson, the last crowned Anglo-Saxon king of England. Roll on 1066
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